Title of article
Hydrogeochemistry of Damt thermal springs, Yemen Republic
Author/Authors
Mohamed Fara، نويسنده , , Dornadula Ch،rasekharam، نويسنده , , Italy، نويسنده , , Angelo Minissale، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
Pages
12
From page
241
To page
252
Abstract
The Damt thermal springs "39 34>C#\ ~owing through travertine deposits\ belong to the
Na HCO2 type of water\ and have higher pCO1 " from 0[07 to 9[47 PCO1 from 9[96 to
9[15 atm# relative to cold Ca SO3 "Cl# groundwaters[ The cold waters have pCO1 ranging
from 0[75 to 1[49 " PCO1 from 9[903 to 9[9924 atm#[ The chemical composition of the
cold springs is controlled by evaporite deposits present in the Tawilah sandstone and Amran
limestone formations\ while simple crustal dissolution\ coupled with CO1!rich ~uid rock inter!
action control the chemical signature of the hot spring waters[ The temperature of the feeding
system\ based on the K1:Mg geothermometer\ varies between 79 and 019>C[ Damt thermal
springs appear to be related to a 09\999 year!old volcanic activity that led to the appearance
of several craters in the area[ 0888 CNR[ Published by Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights
reserved[
Keywords
thermal springs^ geochemistry^ Damt^ Yemen
Journal title
Geothermics
Serial Year
1999
Journal title
Geothermics
Record number
430694
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